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1. Who gave the title of “Mahamana” to 

Madan Mohan Malviya?

A. Bal Gandadhar Tilak

B. Dada Bhai Naurozi

C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

D. Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer: D

2. Who was the Viceroy of the time of Quit 

India Movement? 

A. Lord Irwin

B. Lord Mountbatten

C. Lord Wavell

D. Lord Lin Lithgow

Correct Answer: D

3. Who was the other Congress leader who 

joined with Motilal Nehru to start the 

Swaraj Party in 1923?

A. G.K. Gokhale

B. B.G. Tilak

C. Chittaranjan Das

D. M.K. Gandhi

Correct Answer: C

4. From which of the following banks did 

Madan Mohan Malaviya take loans for 

financing “The Hindustan Times”?

A. State Bank of India

B. Punjab National Bank

C. Bank of Maharashtra

D. Bank of Baroda

Correct Answer: B

5. Where are the Todas found?

A. Madhya Pradesh

B. Tamil Nadu

C. Rajasthan

D. Aruncachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: B

6. Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted during 

the period of?

A. Lord Chelmford

B. Lord William

C. Lord Minto

D. Lord Bentinck

Correct Answer: A

7. Panchayati Raj System was implemented 

first in the pair of states?

A. Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan

B. Assam and Bihar

C. Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

D. Punjab and Chandigarh

Correct Answer: A

8. Which of the following tribes is

associated with the “Tana Bhagat” 

movement?

A. Uraon

B. Munda

C. Santhal

D. Kondadora

Correct Answer: A

9. Who founded the Naujawan Bharat 

Sabha?

A. B. C. Pal

B. G. Subramania Iyer

C. Sardar Bhagat Singh

D. Rukmani Lakshmipathi

Correct Answer: C

10. The Narendra Mandal or Chamber of 

Princes was inaugurated in 1921 by?

A. Lord Curzon

B. Lord Wellesley

C. Duke of Cannaught

D. Duke of Wellingdon

Correct Answer: C

11. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an?

A. Ordinance

B. Resolution

C. White paper

D. Regulation Act

Correct Answer: B

12. Which one of the following statements 

is not true in respect of A.O. Hume?

A. He founded the Indian National 

Congress.

B. He presided over the Congress Annual 

Sessions twice.

C. He was an ornithologist.

D. He was a member of the Indian Civil 

Service.

Correct Answer: B

13. Which of the following movements saw 

the biggest peasant guerilla war on the eve 

of independence?

A. Punnapra Vayalar Movement

B. Telangana Movement

C. Noakhali Movement

D. Tebhaga Movement

Correct Answer: B

14. Which General, who commanded the 

British forces against the Americans in 

their War of Independence later became 

Governor-General of India?

A. Dalhousie

B. William Bentinck

C. Wellesley

D. Cornwallis

Correct Answer: B

15. Who established the Indian Civil 

Liberties Union in 1936?

A. Subhash Chandra Bose

B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

C. Jawahar Lal Nehru

D. Rajendra Prasad

Correct Answer: C

16. Which of the following was established 

first?

A. Banaras Hindu University

B. University of Bombay

C. Aligarh Muslim University

D. University of Allahabad

Correct Answer: B

17. The first Indian Satellite Aryabhatta 

was launched in:

A. 1972

B. 1975

C. 1977

D. 1979

Correct Answer: B

18. Where did Aurangzeb die?

A. Pune

B. Aurangabad

C. Ahmad Nagar

D. Mumbai

Correct Answer: C

19. Who gave the title of “Sardar” to 

Ballabh Bhai Patel?

A. Mahatma Gandhi

B. Vinoba Bhave

C. Women of Bardoli

D. Peasants of Gujrat

Correct Answer: A

20. What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 

1923?

A. Salt Satyagraha

B. Individual Satyagraha

C. Ryots Satyagraha

D. Flag Satyagraha

Correct Answer: D

21. Who was the viceroy when Delhi 

became the capital of British India?

A. Lord Curzon

B. Lord Minto

C. Lord Hardinge

D. Lord Waveli

Correct Answer: C

22. Who was the viceroy when Delhi 

became the capital of British India?

A. Lord Curzon

B. Lord Minto

C. Lord Hardinge

D. Lord Waveli

Correct Answer: C

23. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating:

A. Jawaharlal Nehru

B. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

C. V.B. Patel

D. Pattabhi Sitharamayya

Correct Answer: D

24. Jallianwala incident took place at:

A. Lucknow

B. Surat

C. Amritsar

D. Allahabad

Correct Answer: C

25. Swaraj is my Birth Right and I shall have 

it. This was advocated by:

A. Mahatma Gandhi

B. Lala Lajpat Rai

C. Sardar Patel

D. Lokmanya Tilak

Correct Answer: D

26. Gandhiji’s Famous Quit India Movement call to the British was given in:

A. 1940

B. 1942

C. 1941

D. 1943

Correct Answer: B

27. In which year was the Indian National Congress formed:

A. 1901

B. 1835

C. 1875

D. 1885

Correct Answer: D

28. Bangladesh was created in:

A. 1973

B. 1970

C. 1972

D. 1971

Correct Answer: D

29. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder 

of:

A. Brahmo Samaj

B. Prathna Samaj

C. Ram Krishna Mission

D. Arya Samaj

Correct Answer: A

30. Who initiated the movement to form 

the Indian National Congress:

A. Annie Besant

B. A.O. Hume

C. W.C. Banerjee

D. Gandhi ji

Correct Answer: B

31. Who introduced Mansabdari system in 

India?

A. Babur

B. Humayun

C. Akbar

D. Jahangir

Correct Answer: C

32. The ‘Cabinet Mission’ of 1946 was led 

by 1946:

A. Lord Linlithgow

B. Lord Mountbatten

C. Sir Pethic Lawrence

D. Sir Mountford

Correct Answer: C

33. What did Gandhiji meant by 

‘Sarvodaya’?

A. Non-violence

B. Upliftment of untouchables or dalits

C. The birth of a new society based on 

ethical values

D. Satyagraha

Correct Answer: C

34. Who propounded the “Doctrine of 

Passive Resistance”?

A. Balgangadhar Tilak

B. Aurobindo Ghosh

C. Lala Lajpat Rai

D. Bipin Chandra Pal

Correct Answer: B

35. The first Muslim to be elected 

President of ‘Indian National Congress’ 

was?

A. Maulana Azad

B. Mohammed Ali

C. Badruddin Tyabji

D. Shah Wali-ullah

Correct Answer: C

36. Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded which of 

the following organization?

A. Dharam Sabha

B. Atmiya Sabha

C. Prarthana Sabha

D. Arya Samaj

Correct Answer: B

37. Which Treaty was signed after the First 

Anglo Mysore War?

A. Treaty of Mangalore

B. Treaty of Salbai

C. Treaty of Madras

D. Treaty of Lahore

Correct Answer: C

38. Who was the first Portuguese 

Governor in India?

A. Nino da Cunha

B. Alfonso d’ Albuquerque

C. Francisco de Almedia

D. None of These

Correct Answer: C

39. In which Congress Session Resolution 

of Fundamental Rights was passed?

A. 1931, Karachi Session

B. 1929, Lahore Session

C. 1928, Calcutta Session

D. 1936, Faizpura Session

Correct Answer: A

40. Which of the following Governor-

General abolished Dual Government in 

Bengal?

A. Lord Willingdon

B. Lord Clive

C. Warren Hastings

D. Lord Irwin

Correct Answer: B

41. VD Savarkar was the founder of which 

revolutionary organization?

A. Anushilan Samiti

B. Bharat Naujawan Sabha

C. Abhinav Bharat

D. Gadar Party

Correct answer: C

42. Indian Home Rule Society was started 

at which place?

A. California

B. London

C. Berlin

D. San Francisco

Correct Answer: B

43. Sargent Plan was related to reforms in 

which field?

A. Education Reforms

B. Police Reforms

C. Military Reforms

D. Agricultural Reforms

Correct Answer: A

44. Which Sultan of Delhi used to write 

under the pen name of ‘Gulrukhi’?

A. Balban

B. Bahlol Lodhi

C. Khizr Khan

D. Sikandar Lodhi

Correct Answer: D

45. Which Delhi Sultan established Diwan-

e-Khoi, department of Agriculture?

A. Iltutmish

B. Alauddin Khilji

C. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

D. Ibrahim Lodhi

Correct Answer: C

46. Who established a modern arsenal in 

Dindigul with the help of French?

A. Tipu Sultan

B. Haider Ali

C. Mir Qasim

D. Baji Rao 1

Correct Answer: B

47. Who was involved in the attempt to 

murder Viceroy Hardinge, also called Delhi 

Bomb Case?

A. Khudi Ram Bose

B. Ras Bihari Bose

C. Prafulla Chaki

D. Bhagat Singh

Correct Answer: B

48. Surya Sen is associated with which 

event/case?

A. Kakori Train Dacoity

B. Murder of Rand and Amherst

C. Murder of Curzon Wyllie

D. Chittagong Armoury Raid

Correct Answer: D

49. Fifth Buddhist council was held in:

A. Rajgriha

B. Vaishali

C. Mandalay

D. Kundalvana, Kashmir

Correct Answer: C

50. Who among the following British 

Officials suppressed the Revolt of Jhansi?

A. Colin Campbell

B. Henry Havelock

C. Henry Lawrence

D. Hugh Rose

Correct Answer: D

51. Who was the governor-general during 

the Revolt of 1857?

A. Lord Canning

B. Lord Irwin

C. Lord Lytton

D. Lord Willington

Correct Answer: A

52. Who founded the Theosophical Society 

of India?

A.O Hume 

B. Blavatsky and Olcott 

C. M.G Ranade 

D. Mahatma Gandhi 

Correct Answer: B

53. Who Introduced Permanent 

Settlement in Bengal?

A. Lord Cornwallis

B. Lord Dalhousie

C. Lord Curzon

D. Lord William Bentick

Correct Answer : A

54. When was the Hindu College, Calcutta 

established?

A. 1829 

B. 1817

C. 1858

D. 1853 

Correct Answer: B 

55. Which of the following is called “Magna 

Carta of English Education in India”?

A. Wood’s Dispatch

B. Macaulay Commission

C. Vernacular Act

D. Both A; B

Correct Answer: A

56. Who was the Governor General of 

India during the launch of Civil 

Disobedience Movement?

A. Lord Chelmsford

B. Lord Curzon

C. Lord Irwin

D. Lord Wavell

Correct Answer: C

57. Permanent settlement was introduced

by Cornwallis in Bengal in which year? 

A. 1767 

B. 1782 

C. 1793 

D. 1801 

Correct Answer: C 

58. Bhoodan movement was started by?

A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

B. Jayaprakash Narayan

C. Dada Bhai Naoroji

D. Vinoba Bhave

Correct Answer: D 

59. First Round Table Conference began in 

__________.

A. 1929 

B. 1930

C. 1931

D. 1932 

Correct Answer: B 

60. What did Muslim League demand 

through its resolution of 1940?

A. Separate nation for Muslim population

B. Autonomy for Muslim-majority areas in 

Eastern and North-western India

C. 

D.

Correct Answer: B 

61. August Offer was put forth by:

A. Lord Irwin

B. Lord Willingdon

C. Lord Linlithgow

D. Lord Wavell

Correct Answer: C 

62. Fifth Report was submitted to the 

British Parliament in?

A. 1789 

B. 1813 

C. 1897 

D. 1929 

Correct Answer: B 

63. Rowlatt Act was introduced to _________.

A. Repress political activities

B. Detain political prisoners for 2 years

without trial

C. Censure newspapers

D. Curtail religious freedom

Correct Answer: B

64. Rowlatt act was passed by ________ in

the year _____.

A. Lord Irwin in 1930

B. Lord Reading in 1921

C. Lord Chelmsford in 1919

D. Lord Wavell in 1911

Correct Answer: C

65. Sarabande, no tax campaign was led by

__________.

A. Gandhiji

B. Chittaranjan Das

C. Vallabhai Patel

D. Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer: C

66. Hunter committee was constituted to

enquire about ______________.

A. Rowlatt Act

B. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

C. Partition of Bengal

D. Non-cooperation movement

Correct Answer: B

67. Indigo revolt which began in Bengal

took place in the year ___________.

A. 1845

B. 1859

C. 1865

D. 1901

Correct Answer: 1859

68. Wahabi movement in India was

founded by:

A. Mohammad Ali

B. Muzzafarr Ahmed

C. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

D. Sayyid Ahmad

Correct Answer: D

69. Pagal panthi movement was led by:

A. Asaf Ali

B. Mohammad Abdur Rahiman

C. Mir Nathar Ali

D. Karam Shah

Correct Answer: D

70. William Jones established the Asiatic

Society in Bengal in __________.

A. 1784

B. 1805

C. 1825

D. 1897

Correct Answer: A

71. Education was sanctioned Rs. 1 lakh in

which of the Acts by British Parliament?

A. Charter Act, 1784

B. Charter Act, 1813

C. Charter Act, 1833

D. Charter Act, 1853

Correct Answer: B

72. English as a medium of instruction for

native Indians was propounded by:

A. William Jones

B. Nathaniel Halhed

C. Thomas Macaulay

D. James Mill

Correct Answer: C 

73. Banaras Hindu University was founded 

in which year? 

A. 1910 

B. 1916 

C. 1925 

D. 1931

Correct Answer: B 

74. The first Hindi language newspaper 

published in 1826 in India was ________.

A. Udant Martand

B. Sambad Kaumadi

C. Banga Duta

D. Amrita Bazar Patrika

Correct Answer: A 

75. Commonweal newspaper was started

by ___________

A. Abul Kalam Azad

B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

C. Annie Besant

D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Correct Answer: C 

76. Who is known as Father of Indian 

Renaissance? 

A. Swami Vivekananda

B. Aurobindo Ghosh

C. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

 

Correct Answer: D 

77. The Arya Samaj was founded in 

_________.

A.1850 

B.1875 

C.1890 

D.1905 

Correct Answer: C 

78. Prarthana Samaj was founded by 

__________.

A. Bal Gangadar Tilak

B. M.G. Ranade

C. Swami Dayananda

D. Atmaram Pandurang 

Correct Answer: D 

79.The Age of Consent Act passed in the 

year 1891 increased the age of consent 

to_________.

A. 10 years

B. 11 years

C. 12 years

D. 13 years

Correct Answer: C 

80. The word ‘Swaraj’ was mentioned for 

the first time in the INC session in 1906. 

Who headed this session? 

A. Madan Mohan Malaviya

B. Surendranath Banerjee

C. Dadabhai Naoroji

D. Lal Mohan Ghosh

Correct Answer: C

81. Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir 

at the time of independence was __________.

A. Ram Chandra Kak

B. Janak Singh

C. Mehr Chand Mahajan

D. Sheikh Abdullah

Correct Answer: B

82. Panchayati Raj was introduced in 

Jammu and Kashmir in _________.

A,1985

B.1989

C.1991

D.1999

Correct Answer: B

83. The rule of Sikhs in Kashmir can be 

seen during the years ________.

A. 1820 – 1846

B. 1810-1819

C. 1790 – 1809

D. 1760 – 1789

Correct Answer: A

84. Maharaja Ghulab Singh acquired 

Kashmir in _________.

A. 1820

B. 1876

C. 1846

D. 1901

Correct Answer: C

85. The first Hydro-electric project at 

Mohra was constructed in the year ______.

A. 1895

B. 1901

C. 1905

D. 1915

Correct Answer: C

86. India conducted its first nuclear 

explosion in which year?

A.1972

B.1973

C.1974

D. 1975

Correct Answer: C

87. The reorganization of states on 

linguistic basis was done in the year 

A. 1952

B. 1954

C. 1956

D. 1958

Correct Answer: C

88. Prime Minister of India during Indo-Pak 

War of 1965 was :

A. Gulzarilal Nanda

B. Lal Bahadur Shastri

C. Indira Gandhi

D. Charan Singh

Correct Answer: B

89. Who proposed Party less democracy in 

India?

A. B. R. Ambedkar

B. Achyut S Patwardhan 

C. Jayprakash Narayan

D. Amritlal Vithalal Thakkar 

Correct Answer: C

90. Bhilai Steel Plant was set up in the 

year_________

A. 1952

B. 1959

C. 1961

D. 1965

Correct Answer: B

91. State Reorganisation Committee was 

set up in which year?

A. 1951

B. 1953

C. 1955

D. 1957

Correct Answer: B

92. Planning Commission was established 

in which year?

A. 1948

B. 1950

C. 1952

D.1954

Correct Answer: B

93. Second Five Year Plan focussed on 

________.

A. Cement and Fertilizer sector

B. Heavy Industries

C. Agriculture

D. Transport

Correct Answer: B

94. Viceroy of India at the time of Partition 

of Bengal was:

A. Lord Hardinge

B. Lord Rippon

C. Lord Curzon

D. Lord Rippon

Correct Answer: C

95. When was Partition of Bengal 

cancelled?

A.1906

B.1911

C.1915

D.1920

Correct Answer: B

96. Bihar was separated from Bengal 

during the British rule in _________.

A. 1905

B. 1909

C. 1912

D. 1920

Correct Answer: C

97. Lucknow Pact between INC and 

Muslim League was signed in _______.

A. 1911

B. 1916

C. 1921

D. 1925

Correct Answer: B

98. Political guru of Mahatma Gandhi was:

A. Chittaranjan Das

B. Lala Lajput Rai

C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

D. Lokamanya Tilak

Correct Answer: C

99. First Peasant movement in India was:

A. Kheda peasant struggle

B. Bardoli movement 

C. Bijoliya peasant movement

D. Champaran satyagraha

Correct Answer: C 

100. Leader of Bardoli Satyagraha was:

A. Sardar Vallabhai Patel

B. Mahatma Gandhi

C. Mahadev Desai

D. Morarji Desai

Correct Answer: D